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Limits on Repeating the Same Academic Year

The maximum cumulative enrollment period in the same academic year is generally four years, excluding approved leave-of-absence periods. The fourth year is excluded from this limit in the specified rules. Students who still cannot advance or graduate after exceeding the applicable limit may be dismissed or removed from the university register, depending on the applicable faculty and academic year.

Maximum period and treatment of leave

For the 2026 rules covering the Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Future Science, and Faculty of System Design and Technology at Tokyo Senju Campus, the cumulative period of enrollment in the same academic year is limited to four years, except for periods resulting from a leave of absence. The fourth year is excluded from this same-year limit. The same four-year maximum is stated for the Faculty of Engineering at Tokyo Senju Campus in 2025, the Faculty of Future Science at Tokyo Senju Campus in 2025, and the Faculty of Engineering II at Tokyo Senju Campus in 2025 and 2026. For the 2025 Faculty of Engineering II rule, a leave-of-absence period is not included in the period spent in the same academic year.

Consequences of exceeding the limit at Tokyo Senju Campus

At Tokyo Senju Campus, the supplied rules state that a student who cannot advance and exceeds four years in the same academic year is dismissed or removed from the university register. This is stated for the Faculty of Engineering in 2025 and 2026, the Faculty of Engineering II in 2025 and 2026, the Faculty of Future Science in 2026, and the Faculty of System Design and Technology in 2025 and 2026. For the Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering II, Faculty of Future Science, and Faculty of System Design and Technology, the 2026 wording specifies that the student is subject to dismissal after more than four cumulative years in the same academic year without advancing to the next year. Another 2026 statement concerning the Faculty of Engineering II scope describes the consequence as expulsion after more than four cumulative years without advancing. For the 2025 Faculty of Engineering scope, one rule states that a student who cannot advance or graduate after more than four cumulative years in the same academic year is subject to expulsion. The supplied rules therefore use both dismissal and expulsion wording for these consequences.

Consequences under the Science and Engineering rules

For the 2025 Science and Engineering scope at Saitama Hatoyama Campus, a student who remains unable to advance or graduate after more than four cumulative years in the same academic year is subject to expulsion. The same consequence is stated for the 2026 Science and Engineering scope at Saitama Hatoyama Campus. A separate 2025 rule for the Science and Engineering scope states that a student who cannot advance or graduate after exceeding four years in the same academic year is subject to expulsion. The supplied rules also include a 2026 Tokyo Senju statement referring to the Science and Engineering faculty, under which a student who exceeds four cumulative years and still cannot advance or graduate is subject to dismissal.

Official sources

The following official Tokyo Denki University materials were used to prepare this page.